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US 11,307,047 B2Granted
Head-up display device for a transportation vehicle, method, device and computer-readable recording medium with instructions for controlling a display of a head-up display device
AssigneeVolkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsSilke Bagschik, Andreas Lassota
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Abstract
A head-up display device for a transportation vehicle and a method, a device and a computer-readable recording medium with instructions for controlling a display of a head-up display device for a transportation vehicle. A road course ahead of the transportation vehicle is determined and the contents shown by the head-up display device are then displaced according to the road course that was determined.
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A method for controlling a display of a head-up-display apparatus for a transportation vehicle, the method comprising:
- generating content for a depiction by the head-up-display apparatus, wherein the generated content contains at least static information;
- determining a road profile ahead of the transportation vehicle, the road profile including an upcoming curve to be taken by the transportation vehicle, an ascent to be ascended by the transportation vehicle, or a descent to be descended of the transportation vehicle;
- depicting the generated content in a first position on the head-up-display apparatus;
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- moving the content depicted by the head-up-display apparatus to a second position on the head-up-display apparatus based on the determined road profile so the static information is depicted in a field of vision of a driver of the transportation vehicle that is determined by the road profile,
- wherein the moving of the content includes at least one of (i) displacing the content a first horizontal distance along a horizontal displacement vector and (ii) displacing the content a first vertical distance along a vertical displacement vector based on at least one of the upcoming curve to be taken, the ascent to be ascended, and the descent to be descended by the transportation vehicle,
- wherein the road profile is determined based on eye movements of the driver, and
- wherein the determination of the road profile is prevented from taking into account fast, brief eye movements of the driver's eyes in a first direction using a filter.
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An apparatus for controlling a display of a head-up-display apparatus for a transportation vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- an image generation unit for generating content for a depiction by the head-up-display apparatus, wherein the generated content contains at least static information;
- an evaluation unit for determining a road profile ahead of the transportation vehicle, the road profile including an upcoming curve to be taken by the transportation vehicle, an ascent to be ascended by the transportation vehicle, or a descent to be descended of the transportation vehicle;
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- a control unit for depicting the generated content in a first position on the head-up-display apparatus and moving the content depicted by the head-up-display apparatus to a second position on the head-up-display apparatus based on the determined road profile so the static information is depicted in a field of vision of the driver of the transportation vehicle that is determined by the road profile,
- wherein the moving of the content includes at least one of (i) displacing the content a first horizontal distance along a horizontal displacement vector and (ii) displacing the content a first vertical distance along a vertical displacement vector based on at least one of the upcoming curve to be taken, the ascent to be ascended, and the descent to be descended by the transportation vehicle,
- wherein the road profile is determined based on eye movements of the driver, and
- wherein the evaluation unit prevents the determination of the road profile from taking into account fast, brief eye movements of the driver's eyes in a first direction using a filter.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions that, when executed by a computer, prompt the computer to carry out a method for controlling a display of a head-up-display apparatus for a transportation vehicle, the method comprising:
- generating content for a depiction by the head-up-display apparatus, wherein the generated content contains at least static information;
- determining a road profile ahead of the transportation vehicle, the road profile including an upcoming curve to be taken by the transportation vehicle, an ascent to be ascended by the transportation vehicle, or a descent to be descended of the transportation vehicle;
- depicting the generated content in a first position on the head-up-display apparatus;
- and
- moving the content depicted by the head-up-display apparatus to a second position on the head-up-display apparatus based on the determined road profile so the static information is depicted in a field of vision of a driver of the transportation vehicle that is determined by the road profile,
- wherein the moving of the content includes at least one of (i) displacing the content a first horizontal distance along a horizontal displacement vector and (ii) displacing the content a first vertical distance along a vertical displacement vector based on at least one of the upcoming curve to be taken, the ascent to be ascended, and the descent to be descended by the transportation vehicle,
- wherein the road profile is determined based on eye movements of the driver, and
- wherein the instructions prevent the determination of the road profile from taking into account fast, brief eye movements of the driver's eyes in a first direction using a filter.
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A head-up-display apparatus for a transportation vehicle, the head-up-display apparatus comprising:
- an apparatus for controlling a display of a head-up-display apparatus for a transportation vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- an image generation unit for generating content for a depiction by the head-up-display apparatus, wherein the generated content contains at least static information;
- an evaluation unit for determining a road profile ahead of the transportation vehicle, the road profile including an upcoming curve to be taken by the transportation vehicle, an ascent to be ascended by the transportation vehicle, or a descent to be descended of the transportation vehicle;
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- a control unit for depicting the generated content in a first position on the head-up-display apparatus and moving the content depicted by the head-up-display apparatus to a second position on the head-up-display apparatus based on the determined road profile so the static information is depicted in a field of vision of the driver of the transportation vehicle that is determined by the road profile,
- wherein the moving of the content includes at least one of (i) displacing the content a first horizontal distance along a horizontal displacement vector and (ii) displacing the content a first vertical distance along a vertical displacement vector based on at least one of the upcoming curve to be taken, the ascent to be ascended, and the descent to be descended by the transportation vehicle,
- wherein the evaluation unit determines the road profile based on eye movements of the driver, and
- wherein a filter prevents the determination of the road profile from taking into account fast, brief eye movements of the driver's eyes in a first direction.
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A transportation vehicle, comprising:
- a head-up-display apparatus for a transportation vehicle, the head-up-display apparatus comprising:
- an apparatus for controlling a display of a head-up-display apparatus for a transportation vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- an image generation unit for generating content for a depiction by the head-up-display apparatus, wherein the generated content contains at least static information;
- an evaluation unit for determining a road profile ahead of the transportation vehicle, the road profile including an upcoming curve to be taken by the transportation vehicle, an ascent to be ascended by the transportation vehicle, or a descent to be descended of the transportation vehicle;
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- a control unit for depicting the generated content in a first position on the head-up-display apparatus and moving the content depicted by the head-up-display apparatus to a second position on the head-up-display apparatus based on the determined road profile so the static information is depicted in a field of vision of the driver of the transportation vehicle that is determined by the road profile,
- wherein the moving of the content includes at least one of (i) displacing the content a first horizontal distance along a horizontal displacement vector and (ii) displacing the content a first vertical distance along a vertical displacement vector based on at least one of the upcoming curve to be taken, the ascent to be ascended, and the descent to be descended by the transportation vehicle,
- wherein the evaluation unit determines the road profile based on eye movements of the driver, and
- wherein a filter prevents the determination of the road profile from taking into account fast, brief eye movements of the driver's eyes in a first direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.